Hi, Additionally, all of the SVS products have been ported into a 3D global browsing tool that (in my opinion) blows Google Earth out of the water.
NASA's World Wind (http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/download.html), is a free, cross-platform (though the Java version is in it's early phase of development), global geospatial tool that allows one to explore, in 3 and 4 dimensions, a remarkable range of earth-based patterns and processes, including near-real-time weather, fires, earthquakes, sea-surface temperature and a whole lot more. The US is covered with high resolution air photos, satellite data as well as several scales of USGS topographic maps. A really great educational and, for climate dynamics, motivational tool. You can also add your own data into it (though this takes a bit more effort). -John --- Madhusudan Katti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This, and a host of similar cool animations have > been produced by > NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio and are > available in much > higher resolution from their website at: > > http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ > > A search for "arctic sea ice" on the main page will > give you 27 > matches, including the series used by the Washington > Post article. > There are, in fact, two versions of the "2007 Arctic > Sea Ice from > AMSR-E..." sequences showing the polar region from > different > perspectives, with Alaska or Greenland in the > foreground. > > Madhu > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Madhusudan Katti > Assistant Professor > Department of Biology, M/S SB73 > California State University, Fresno > 2555 E. San Ramon Ave. > Fresno, CA 93740-8034 > > 559.278.2460 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > On Oct 22, 2007, at 1:14 PM, joseph gathman wrote: > > > There's a pretty impressive time-series animation > of > > arctic ice shrinking at this page: > > > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/ > > > 2007/10/21/AR2007102100761.html?hpid=topnews&sid=ST20071021007 > > > > I showed it today at the beginning of class. It > takes > > no time and makes quite an impact. > > > > Joe > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > John Mickelson Landscape ecology 501 Stage Rd. Monroe, NY 10950-3217 (845) 893-4110 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
